Burning First Kiss

by Vicktor Alexander (contributor), Nicole Dennis (contributor), S.A. Garcia (contributor)

All of the proceeds from Burning First Kiss go directly to The Trevor Project. Thank you for purchasing this anthology and helping in the fight against suicide.

A huge thanks to Vicktor Alexander, Nicole Dennis, S.A. Garcia,Jamie Fessenden, Kiernan Kelly, A.J. Llewellyn, Rawiya, Rick R. Reed, Max Vos, K.C. Wells, and Sara York for sharing a story for charity.

I hope you enjoy the following stories from these great authors.
The Dancer & The Janitor by Vicktor Alexander
A Magical Kiss by Nicole Dennis
Flesh For The Muse by S.A. Garcia
Romance is Against Office Policy by Jamie Fessenden
As Old As You Feel by Kiernan Kelly
Love Junk: A Mingo McCloud Honolulu Mystery by A.J. Llewellyn
Save Me by Rawiya
Out on the Net by Rick R. Reed
Calling by Max Vos
Back from the Edge by K.C. Wells
The Sweet Slide of Lips by Sara York

Genres: Anthologies, M M Romance, Contemporary

484 pages, ebook

First published October 7, 2013

About the author

Vicktor Alexander “Vic” wrote his first story at the age of 10 about his youngest sister and her destruction of the world…with her breath.  Much to his youngest sister’s dismay the story was a hit and became the first story of a series all dealing with the planets that were destroyed by his siblings and their strange quirks and body odors. Vic now enjoys writing about shifters, humanoids, cowboys, firemen, rent boys, fairies, elves, dancers, doctors, Doms, Subs, and anything else that catches his fancy, all sexy men falling in love with each other and having lots of naughty, dirty, man-on-man sex.  Author of the best-selling series, The Tate Pack, Vic is a huge fan of the “happily-ever-after” ending. But while his characters all ride off into the proverbial sunset, all sexually satisfied and in love, they all bear the scars of fighting for that love, just like in real life. Out and proud, Vic does not believe that love only comes in one form, one race, one gender and that not only is gender fluid, by sexuality as well.  Vic loves to make people laugh and when he’s not writing, or rather, procrastinating in writing, he’s reading, playing the Sims 3, hanging out with his very supportive adopted family, talking to his adopted daughter, whom he affectionately calls "Chipmunk", seeking the man or men who can handle his crazy, stressful, soap opera-esque life and being distracted from his writing by drooling over pictures of John Barrowman, Scott Hoying, Charlie David and Shemar Moore.

Reviews

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

An anthology of stories collected to raise money for the Trevor Project. The theme is “first kiss”. All of the stories were lovely and I would say thank you to the authors who contributed their time and obvious talent to this. My favorites were "Romance is Against Office Policy" and "Back From the Edge". "A Magical Kiss", "The Sweet Slide of Lips", "The Dancer and the Janitor" all celebrated young love while "As Old As You Feel" showed romance is beyond age. Wonderful stories for a good cause!

[Rachel Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

As with all anthologies some work and some don't for me. I really enjoyed The Dancer and the Janitor (so emotional and sad, well written too) and Romance is Against Office Policy.

[Dragonrouge57 - Bénédicte Girault · Rating 4 out of 5]

D'habitude, je reconnais, j'ai tendance à fuir volontairement les Anthologies pour la bonne et simple raison que je n'aime pas les histoires courtes. C'est peut-être stupide, mais c'est vrai. Mais, là, c'est pour une bonne cause puisqu'elle est vendue au profit de l'association "Projet Trevor" pour venir en aide aux jeunes gays en difficulté, très bonne initiative s'il en est ; et que le thème en est les premiers baisers.

Par contre l'avantage des anthologies, c'est qu'elles nous permettent de faire connaissance avec des auteurs que je n'avais jamais lu.

J'ai beaucoup aimé les histoires de K.c. Wells, de Sara York et de Max Vos. Elles sont excellentes d'après moi, mais puisqu'ils font partie tous les trois des auteurs dont je suis régulièrement les parutions, je suis sûrement de parti-pris.

Par contre, j'ai eu un véritable coup de cœur pour un auteur que je n'avais jamais lu jusqu'à présent et qui m'a donné une très forte envie de me pencher sur ses écrits : Vicktor Alexander. Son histoire d'amour entre le danseur qui étudie à la fameuse Ecole Julliard et le concierge de l'école est tout simplement magnifique. La fluidité du récit, le rythme de l'intrigue, nous donne vraiment l'impression d'assister à une représentation d'un ballet et correspond tout à fait à son histoire profonde, triste mais sublime. J'ai véritablement eu un coup de cœur.

Je le recommande donc pour celles et ceux qui aiment les histoires courtes ou qui ont à cœur de participer à une grande cause.

[Alison]

I edited "A Magical Kiss" by Nicole Dennis.